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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewFrom the reviews:
"The monograph is composed on the basis of courses on field theory and particle physics which have been taught by the author … . Besides exposition of the basic topics in quantum field theory (QFT) it illustrates also various applications of the methods … . The discussion of each topic given in the present book is accompanied by references … . The book will be useful for those students and researchers who are familiar with non-relativistic quantum mechanics and wish to have acquaintance with QFT." (Michael B. Mensky, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1077, 2006)
"This book is an interesting item in the list of textbooks on quantum field theory. Contrary to many disciplines of theoretical physics there is still no widely accepted canonical set of such textbooks. The present book is a good candidate to enter such a list. Firstly, it has two advantages: it is modern and relatively compact. Also, the clarity and economy of this text are evident … . The compactness of the book is achieved through the way topics are presented … ." (Andrzej M. Frydryszak, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2006 d)
Table of ContentsResults in Relativistic Quantum Mechanics.- The Construction of Fields.- Canonical Quantization.- Commutators and Propagators.- Interactions and the S-matrix.- The Electromagnetic Field.- Examples of Scattering Processes.- Functional Integral Representations.- Renormalization.- Gauge Theories.- Symmetry.- Spontaneous symmetry breaking.- Anomalies I.- Elements of differential geometry.- Path Integrals.- The Configuration Space in Nonabelian Gauge Theory.- Anomalies II.- Finite temperature and density.- Gauge theory: Nonperturbative questions.- Elements of Geometric Quantization.
